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Punkrock stripper needs music advice
I have been working at a peepshow on and off for the last three years and want to try working at a club. The atmosphere at the peepshow is quite different. You can look anyway you want and dance to whatever you want. We cater to the freaks. I worked once with a 13 inch mowhawk and made bank. I'm a punkrocker and that's all I danced to. Well, my hair is pretty normal now and I want to dance at a club and make money, but still dance to something that I like. I can't dance to rap to save my life(except for lap dances). Any advice?
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Depends on your club. Punk music just isn't going to go down well in most places unless the crowd is into it too. Though perhaps you could make some sort of stage show out of it using a punk theme? (We are talking real punk I assume? (-:) You might get away with some of the tamer stuff, Pistols, Buzzcocks, Siouxsie, Rancid, maybe some popular heavy alternative stuff or ska perhaps? You'll probably get used to dancing to different types of music in time, it's just a matter of catching the rhythem (-:
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I'm not really looking for punk music. Just some good music to dance to that I'll still enjoy and that is still slightly my style.
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Most clubs have one or two 'rock' girls who dance to rock and either have the 'rock look' or can (at the flick of some eyeliner) change into the 'rock look' when required. Lots of girls just dance to rock type stuff because it makes them stand out in a club dominated by r&b.
Try stuff by the Prodigy (Spitfire is a wonderful pole song for a punk), Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, AC/DC, The Undertones 'Teenaged Kicks' is a great song if you wear a schoolgirl outfit, maybe some Operation Ivy could work, some Lookout label stuff...
Just have a flick through your collection and see what might be doable - much as i love Black Flag, Fugazi and the Dead Kennedys i know they are just never going to work in most clubs (plus you have to think about the people who have to lapdance to whatever your stage song is!).
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Yeah I am a closet punk rock/HC chicky and I dance to Incubus, Deftones, Depeche Mode, AFI, Lit, Sade, Weezer, Green Day, older stuff like the Beetles, The Cure, Johnny Cash, the Rolling Stones, The Police.
I'll try and think of some more stuff.
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sex pistols, ramones.... also alot of the "new punk" (yeah I know but were trying here) such s green day, fallout boy...even "retro" type bands (i.e Jet, the strokes) would work
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Originally Posted by RubySoho
I'm not really looking for punk music. Just some good music to dance to that I'll still enjoy and that is still slightly my style.
If you can dance already don't worry too much anyway (-: The only experience I'd had before I started was 15 years of stage-diving and slam dancing and I've always done fine.
I've also been really surprised about what I do enjoy dancing to at work - stuff I would NEVER listen to otherwise! ;D
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Originally Posted by spartaca
- much as i love Black Flag, Fugazi and the Dead Kennedys i know they are just never going to work in most clubs (plus you have to think about the people who have to lapdance to whatever your stage song is!).
While "T.V. Party" and "Too Drunk to Fuck" might not be great for the club, I have on several occasions danced to "Waiting Room" and "Repeater" and they go over just fine.
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Nirvana - On A Plain
Therapy - Where Eagles Dare (Misfits remake)
AFI - Girls Not Grey
Agent Orange - This Is All I Need
Alice In Chains - Dem Bones
Alice In Chains - Dam That River
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Corrosion of Conformity - Clean My Wounds
Donnas - Fall Behind Me
Donnas - Take It Off
Donnas - Who Invited You
Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around
Hole - Use Once And Destroy
L7 - Pretend That We're Dead
L7 - Shitlist
Offspring - I Want To Be Sedated (Ramones remake)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Go With The Flow
Queens Of The Stone Age - Little Sister
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
Social Distortion - Bad Luck
Soul Asylum - Somebody To Shove
Sponge - Plowed
Weezer - Hashpipe
Or if you're feeling reeeeally froggy (I've never played any of these at the club but you never know...):
Bad Religion - Atheist Peace
Butthole Surfers - Goofy's Concern
Cycle Sluts From Hell - Wish You Were A Beer
GG Allin - Don't Talk To Me
Guttermouth - Whiskey
Lunachicks - Throwin' It Away
No Fun At All - Catch Me Running Around
Pennywise - Dying To Know
Pennywise - Punch Drunk
Strung Out - Somnombulance
Suicidal Tendancies - You Can't Bring Me Down (haha just kidding) god I love that song
Zeke - Chiva Knievel
-E
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Originally Posted by Susan Wayward
While "T.V. Party" and "Too Drunk to Fuck" might not be great for the club, I have on several occasions danced to "Waiting Room" and "Repeater" and they go over just fine.
You know, right after i typed that i did actually think Waiting Room might go over rather well!
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Waiting Room is awesome to dance to!
Clutch has some great tunes and they're great to dance to.
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Originally Posted by X Evan X
Cycle Sluts From Hell - Wish You Were A Beer
Wow...blast from the past! My ex-boyfriend Tommy helped write that song! That was one bunch of girls who were smart, talented and kicked ass. Never missed a show way back when!!!
I used to dance to :
Dead End by the Dead Kennedys
Oh Bondage, Up Yours by the X Ray Specs
Submission by the Sex Pistols
Now I Wanna Be Your Dog by Iggy and the Stooges
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There's some great ideas in this thread, and the timing is right--we have a new dancer who told me she likes "Punk".
When I busted out "Never Say Never (I might like you better if we slept together)" by Romeo Void, I could tell by the way she was dancing it wasn't her thing. When I talked to her about it later, it turns out she likes Zombie and Korn, which isn't exactly punk, but whatever...
I'll try some of these on her tonight and see how it goes over.
A bit later--"Dance Commander" by Electric Six is pretty good, I'm going to try that on her tonight as well.
Later still--Now that I actually have time to look for and listen to new music, I was able to listen to some of the shit I have DLed with Limewire since I got this nice new laptop.
"Take It Off" by The Donnas is fucking hot, not to mention absolutely perfect for a stripclub!
"Tight Like That", and "Whiskey and Rye" by Clutch are pretty hot, but no way can I play them when the one conservative owner is there, lol.
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blur- song 2
nin- dead soul
pink- stupid girl
blur- girls/boys
the cure- lets go to bed
happy mondays-kinky afro
janes addiction-jane says
sonic youth- my friend goo
pj harvy- down by the river
the swans- love will tear us apart
peter murpy- cuts you up
iggy pop - night clubbing
echo and the bunnyman- lips like sugar
gene loves jezebel- desire
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Gang Of Four - "Damaged Goods"
Gang Of Four - "At Home He's A Tourist"
Paris Hitler - "Eye Wanna New Drug"
Iggy & The Stooges - "I Wanna Be Your Dog"
The Suicide Machines - "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden"
Iggy Pop - "Lust For Life"
The Specials - "Nite Club"
Lars Fredrickson & The Bastards - "Vietnam"
Just a few suggestions from a punker who's forced to play hip hop five nights a week...
Ministry - "Jesus Built My Hotrod"
MDFMK - "Torpedoes"
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Social Distorition
Rancid ( earlier stuff . )
Buzzcocks
Less than Jake
Gang of four
Clash
Bad Religion
SEx pistols but you gotta find one that everyone knows .. like god save the queen
Kaiser Chiefs is more electro post punk. I use it in my set.
Generation X
Bad Brains
fuck i could go on and on with this
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Originally Posted by DylanAngel
Wow...blast from the past! My ex-boyfriend Tommy helped write that song! That was one bunch of girls who were smart, talented and kicked ass. Never missed a show way back when!!!
Small world! I was seriously considering using that song for a dvd soundtrack, do you happen to still keep in touch with the ex or any of the band?
And how could I forget..
PIL - Rise
PIL - This Is What You Want
-E
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^^^Evan, we're going back..what ummm...OMG...it's been 18 years!!! You just made me feel sooooo old (as if Blade doesn't do a good job of that already, lol)
Nope, haven't seen Thomas in at least 15 years. Last time I saw him he was seriously dating a very nice girl and I was getting engaged. I'm sure he's back up in New England (where he's from...what an accent!) with his lovely wife and a few kids.
The last time I saw any of the girls was Ginny (Honey 1%er) at the Scrap and that was going back at least 10 years.
Was always hoping for a reunion show but it never happened...at least to my knowledge.
And now you go and mention PIL??? Wow....that takes me back as well...to, I think, 1984 and seeing them at the Beacon in the city (Daddy lived across the street so I had a place to crash).
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Originally Posted by X Evan X
Cycle Sluts From Hell - Wish You Were A Beer
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Originally Posted by DylanAngel
Wow...blast from the past! My ex-boyfriend Tommy helped write that song! That was one bunch of girls who were smart, talented and kicked ass. Never missed a show way back when!!!
One of the sluts was bartending in Meriden Ct for a few years, at least she claimed to be one. I forget her name tho
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Dv8....Nasty habit
Chris de Burg....Patricia the stripper 2000 mix
Front 242....headhunter
garbage....Queer
placebo....spite and malice/ the bitter end
Not punk but they all have an edge and a healthy dose of attitude.
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Originally Posted by Blade
One of the sluts was bartending in Meriden Ct for a few years, at least she claimed to be one. I forget her name tho
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Oh I believe it. Ct isn't far from the city so it's feasible. I think they're too obscure for someone to lay false claim to being one of them.
I miss my cut off shorts with black leggings and motorcycle boots now!!!
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Originally Posted by DylanAngel
^^^Evan, we're going back..what ummm...OMG...it's been 18 years!!! You just made me feel sooooo old (as if Blade doesn't do a good job of that already, lol)
Give me back my walker or else I will hit you with my cane
-E
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I admit my tastes are different, but I'd love to hear this type of music in a club:
Buzzcocks - "Ever Fallen in Love" (With Someone You Shouldn't Have Fallen in Love With)
X - "Adult Books"
Ramones - "Sheena is a Punk Rocker"
Radio Birdman - "New Race"
Saints - "Know Your Product"
Rezillos - ""My Baby" (Does Good Sculptures)
Wire - "Ex Lion Tamer"
Wire - "12xU"
X-Ray Spex - "The Day the World Turned Day Glow"
James White and the Blacks - "Contort Yourself"
Christina - "Disco Clone"
Lizzy Mercier Descloux - "Fire"
A lot of early Misfits might work well.
But if you’re really feeling perverse, try dancing to Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Carcass". It would probably get you fired though.
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Originally Posted by X Evan X
Give me back my walker or else I will hit you with my cane
-E
You'll never catch me...I've got a Hoveround baby! Wanna race?;)
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I just had to bring this thread back up... I have been doing some reading lately on anarchists. I'm with John Lydon, in that people have completely exploited the punk movement to make a buck, and it's kindof disgusting. The punk movement spawned from true anarchists who wanted to make a statement - a BIG statement. It wouldn't irritate the hell out of me as much if the people who were playing the style, and even gaining from writing generic punk-style lyrics that they do not stand for anymore than the man in the moon, were not the exact antithesis of the original punk bands. I just can't listen to alot of new punk music for that very reason. So if I were to dance to punk and stand for punk, it would have to be PUNK, not the knockoff anti-anarchy, wanna-be capitalist exploiters who have ruined it. There, I've had my say. :)